80 Years After Dying, a South Carolina Soldier Will Be Laid to Rest at Fort Jackson National Cemetery U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Arthur W. Crossland Jr. of Columbia, South Carolina, triggered a mine in France on March 15, 1945...
The Army's Answer to a Lack of Recruits Is a Prep Course to Boost Low Scores. It's Working Started as a trial program two years ago to help boost dismal recruiting numbers, the prep course is fueling the Army’s...
As Recruiting Rebounds, the Army Will Expand Basic Training to Rebuild the Force for Modern Warfare The expanded training is part of a broader effort to restructure the Army so it is better able to fight against a...
2 Space Force Guardians Become Service's First Graduates of Army's Drill Instructor Academy Space Force Tech. Sgt. David Gudgeon and Sgt. Yuji Moore graduated from the Army's program Wednesday, according to a news...
Second Fort Jackson Drill Sergeant Found Dead on Base This Month Staff Sgt. Zachary Melton, 30, a drill sergeant with 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, was found Saturday in his vehicle...
Too Heavy to Fight? How the Army Is Combating the Obesity Crisis to Find Recruits Pvt. David Dean weighed 320 lbs. when he went to visit a National Guard recruiter. A West Virginia plumber by trade, he...
Once a Pilot, Army Program for Recruits Who Fall Short of Weight, Academic Standards Is Becoming Permanent The Future Soldier Preparatory Course was launched as a pilot program in August last year.
Overworked Drill Sergeants Offered Brief Reprieve at Basic Training Battalion Life as a drill sergeant is taxing. Noncommissioned officers assigned to any of the four basic combat training installations...
Army Expanding Course for Overweight and Low-Scoring Recruits in Bid to Fill the Ranks The Army's pre-basic training courses for applicants who come up short on academic or body fat standards will expand this...
Army Fort Jackson Trainee Arrested After Allegedly Hijacking a School Bus Full of Children Law enforcement officials say he'll now face multiple kidnapping charges.
Army Suspends Fort McCoy's First Female Commander Amid Trump Portrait Display Controversy The incident, which sparked a wave of right-wing criticism, centered on the base's chain of command wall display -- a common...
VA Launches 'Anti-Christian Bias' Task Force, Asks Employees to Report Allegations Under an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Feb. 6, VA Secretary Doug Collins has set up a panel to explore...
Air Force Academy's Staff Cuts Unclear Amid Mass Resignations; Cadets Assured of World-Class Education While the Air Force Academy sent a letter to incoming cadets early last week reassuring them of a quality education at the...
Bribery Prosecution of 4-Star Admiral Opens Window into Navy Cultural Issues, Defendants Say The new ongoing corruption prosecution, which is much more limited in scale and largely rests on a single, problematic...
WWII Dive Bomber Found on Pacific Floor — with a Bomb Still Attached, NOAA Says A World War II bomber has been discovered 3 miles deep in the Pacific Ocean, and it’s still fully armed with an 83-year-old...
